# Pope Meets With 100 Comics **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 15, 2024, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-meets-with-100-comics/1002898 "2024-06-15T00:45:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2024, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-meets-with-100-comics/1002898/1 "2024-06-15T00:45:40Z")
including Steven Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Chris Rock, Whoopi Goldberg, Julia Louise-Dreyfus… # Pope Francis meets more than 100 comedians at the Vatican: ‘You also make God smile’ > **[MSN](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/pope-francis-meets-more-than-100-comedians-at-the-vatican-you-also-make-god-smile/ar-BB1oe1O5?ocid=BingNewsSerp)** I keep wondering if the Pope has seen Chris in _Dogma_. ---
**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2024, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-meets-with-100-comics/1002898/2 "2024-06-16T12:10:44Z")
There’s got to be a joke in there somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2024, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-meets-with-100-comics/1002898/3 "2024-06-16T13:45:18Z")
Does anyone know if Don Novello (aka Father Guido Sarducci) was there? Ah! found a list: > **[Pope Francis to meet prominent comedians in the Vatican - Vatican News](https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-06/pope-francis-to-meet-prominent-comedians.html)** > > Household names such as Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert, Conan O'Brian, Chris Rock, and Whoopi Goldberg, will be among the comedians Pope Francis will ... Sadly, no Novello. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2024, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-meets-with-100-comics/1002898/4 "2024-06-16T13:49:11Z")
100 comedians walk into the Vatican… ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2024, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-meets-with-100-comics/1002898/5 "2024-06-16T13:54:20Z")
Apparently Ardal O’Hanlon (“Father Dougal”) was there: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/V_WUeqlZ5eE/maxresdefault.jpg "Dougal Shares His Religious Doubts | Father Ted") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_WUeqlZ5eE)